Insurrection

from modkraft, 30 October 2008: After the police evicted a house in Christiania in the morning, Copenhagen saw yet another day of actions and night of rioting. For both police and activists this was a test of strengths and a taste of things to come as legal proceedings are getting more and more troublesome for the inhabitants of Christiania. more

from various sources, 29 October 2009: During the morning of October the Twenty Fifth, a group of people smashed out five of the six windows of a Wells Fargo Home Mortgage office in Tacoma, Washington. The office was located in Old Town Tacoma, one of the city's wealthiest areas. This act was done in solidarity with the 13 people recently detained by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement in Shelton, WA and the people recently detained in San Francisco, CA. more

from abc-italy, 25 October 2008: In the night of 19 to 20 of October, two bombs exploded in front of the headquarters of the communal police of Parma (Italy). The damage is limited, not one of the cops who were inside got hurt. This section of the communal police was denounced lately by a student from Ghana, Emmanuel Bonsu, who made public how he was beaten and tortured. Lately, more and more denounces of migrants who are being tortured in the police stations are made public. more

from friends, 8 October 2008: from the Daily Maily (uk fash-conservative newspaper, but fuck, its a great story...) ++++ He is a sinister figure from the seething streets of the East End of London in the volatile years before the First World War.

Peter Piaktow, known as Peter the Painter, was the leader of an anarchist gang responsible for the murder of three policemen which was cornered at the Siege of Sidney Street.

Nearly a century may have passed but the emotions caused by the Siege of Sidney Street have risen again over two commemorative plaques erected for Piaktow. more

text from email, posted 8 October 2008: The ruling elite are in a crisis right now - brought on by their very own system of capitalism. What began several years ago during the housing boom as a way to make huge amounts of money through faulty sub-prime loans, has brought the whole system to the verge of collapse... more

from email, 8 October 2008: Anarchist academic Marc-André Cyr examines Quebec’s fondness for smashing stuff: Whether motivated by political ideology, social grievances or simply drunken stupidity, torching cars and trashing local businesses has long been something of a tradition in Quebec... This year alone has witnessed a (perhaps premature) hockey riot, the annual tradition of the anti-police brutality fracas and the civil unrest unleashed by the killing of Freddy Villanueva by Montreal police — including another incident this past weekend.  more

from email, 30 September 2008: When people first started talking about shutting down the APDSE (Asia Pacific Defence and Security Exhibition), which was to be held in Adelaide from November 11, it seemed like an almost impossible task. Now they've announced that they've called it off! And they called it off because of fears of protests from `feral anarchists', including `the ultra-militant protest group Mutiny.' It's obvious that this victory really had very little to do with us.  more

updated 30 September 2008: Amnesty International report on the September 2000 mass actions against the IMF/World Bank meeting in Prague, 2000. ++++ Between 26 and 28 September 2000, in Prague, over 850 people were detained following street protests against the annual meeting of the World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).  more

from email, 21 September 2008: Enric Duran, long involved with anti-capitalist struggles in Barcelona, has publically announced his robbery of 492,000 euros from 39 different banks, and gone into hiding. Enric gained the money through fraudulent loans. Most of the money has gone towards funding anti-capitalist social movements and paying for a massive publication, though he kept a small portion to aid his flight.  more

from infoshop, 16 September 2008: Let's be honest: the RNC was kinda rough for both of us. Sure, we each had our shining moments — captured for posterity on the local network news — but at the end of the day, neither of us really got what we wanted. more

from infoshop, 16 September 2008: On September 19, Battle in Seattle, the new fictionalized movie about the mass direct action shutdown of and week-long street resistance to the World Trade Organization in Seattle in 1999, will open in theaters across the US. Some global justice and anti-capitalist activists will intervene on the opening day of the movie to urge moviegoers to get the real story and make some history themselves. more

from email, 13 September 2008: 10 years ago on September 11th, Claudia Lopez a woman, student and anarchist dancer was killed by the police during a protest commemorating the coup of 1973. Under the slogan of Black September the youth combatants fight in her name, and in the name of all those killed under democracy, against the bastards who killed them, making sure that the world remembers that we are living in a war. - On September 2nd 2008 combative youth took the streets to stop traffic on Jorge Alessandri Avenue out side of the UMCE University. They fought police for hours with rocks and molotov cocktails more

from Class War, via email, updated 5 November 2008: A very funny video from London Class War advertising their (almost) annual London Guy Fawkes Night illegal bonfire, beer and explosives evening. All invited to the night: London Fields, Hackney. 7pm Wednesday 5th November 2008: Bring effigies, booze and fireworks. Also estate agents signs for kindling. This years "theme" is Burn A Politician. more

from IAC, 4 September 2008: We are all just emerging from the shadows, however. The events of September the First were just another of the glimpses of light that has recently been breaking the darkness all around us. It marks our return to the outside world. All preparations for this battle were done openly and defiantly. Those readying the counter-curses were brave and bold and filled with love every step of the way. more